IEEE UKRI Events
All members and non-members are welcome to attend our meetings.
5th European Conference on Circuits and Systems for Communications (ECCSC'10)
Date: 23-25 November 2010Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Website: eccsc10.etf.rs
5th IEEE International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE)
Date: 22-24 June 2010Location: Loughborough University, UK
Website: http://ieeesose2010.org/
IEEE SMC Society announces the 5th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE) with its vast ramifications in numerous engineering fields such as control, computing, communication, information technology and the applications to manufacturing, defense, national and homeland security, aerospace, aeronautics, energy, environment, transport.
CAVMAG 2010
Date: 19-20 April 2010Location: Bournemouth University, England
2010 marks the 70th anniversary of development of the high-power cavity magnetron by Randall and Boot at Birmingham University. This crucial invention was made into a practical device by the GEC Company in England and put into large-scale production in the USA following the Tizard Mission of 1940. Its origins, however, go back to the mid-1930s with key work being done in Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Russia, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Japan and the USA.
The purpose of the conference is to bring together knowledge of all this early work and to learn how the magnetron was improved and put into service since then. Several eminent engineers have already agreed to give talks. We now enthusiastically invite contributors to submit papers on the following aspects:
- Origins of the magnetron in the various countries involved
- Its subsequent development, both in early and later days
- The latest trends
- Applications to civil and military radar systems
- Other uses, such as microwave ovens
Speakers should submit a 200 word abstract as soon as possible but not later than 31 August 2009, to: Keith Thrower (Conference Chairman) Email:
The conference language is English and all submitted papers must be in the English Language.
See: http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/8/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=231&Itemid=76
The conference is sponsored by:
IET (History of Technology TPN)
IEEE (UKRI Section) and IEEE History Center
IEEE Region 8 History Council
The Defence Electronics History Society (DEHS)
and is supported by a grant from the IEEE Life Members Committee
Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skills for Complex Global Environments
Date: 6-9 April 2010
Location: Dublin, Ireland
http://www.ieee.org/web/education/transforming_engineering_education_conference/Index.html
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Challenges in Silicon Nanowire Technology
Date: Friday 29 January 2010Time: 6:00pm (5:30pm refreshment)
Location: University of Westminster, Department of Electronic Systems, 115 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6UW
Juin J. Liou
Pegasus Distinguished Professor, IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecturer, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
Abstract
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is a process in which a finite amount of charge is transferred from one object (i.e., human body) to the other (i.e., microchip). This process can result in a very high current passing through the microchip within a very short period of time, and more than 35% of chip damages can be attributed to such an event. As such, designing robust on-chip ESD structures to protect microchips against the ESD stress is a high priority in the semiconductor industry. The continuing scaling of CMOS technology makes the ESD-induced failures even more prominent, and one can predict with certainty that the availability of effective and robust ESD protection solutions will be a critical component to the success of the deep sub-micron technology advancement.
An overview on the ESD sources, models, protection schemes, and testing will first be given in this talk. This is followed by the investigation of ESD robustness of the advanced Si nanowire devices. Finally, the ESD challenges in Si nanowire technology will be addressed and discussed.
Biography
Prof Liou is at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF), Orlando, Florida where he is now the Pegasus Distinguished Professor and UCF-Analog Devices Fellow.
Prof Liou served as the IEEE EDS Vice-President for Regions/Chapters, IEEE EDS Treasurer, IEEE EDS Finance Committee Chair, IEEE EDS Administrative Committee Elected Member, and IEEE EDS Educational Activities Committee Member.
The event is organized by:
IEEE UKRI: (AP.ED.MTT.Photonics) Societies Joint Chapter
Circuit & System Chapter, and
Instrumentation and Measurement Chapter
Contact: Prof Izzet Kale, University of Westminster
Email: kalei@westminster.ac.uk
Tel: 020-7911-5157
Mobile Web: Convergence or Collision?
Date: 17 December 2009Time: 17:00
Location: De Montfort University, Gateway House, GH 3.54
Tim Raby (OMTP Managing Director)
The Internet web world and the traditional cellular voice business are very different but many believe that the convergence of the two is an inevitable good thing. Cellular networks are going all-IP, full AJAX Browsers are already a feature of high end phones, PCs have SIMs. But is just adopting the technology of existing worlds the right solution? The Internet business model is very different and significantly less valuable than mobile voice and text. The Internet world wants a piece of the money but will not compromise openness. The mobile world wants to attract the innovative developer community to create the “killer application”. How does it open-up without damaging core mobile values e.g. users trust, quality and profit? The talk will address these questions, showing in particular how OMTP BONDI, a mobile industry driven initiative, sits squarely in the middle of this evolution.
Third International Conference on Imaging for Crime Detection and Prevention (ICDP-09)
Date: 3 December 2009Organiser: IET Vision and Imaging Network, Kingston University, Technical Co-sponsorship by IEEE UKRI Communications Chapter
Deadline for papers: 17 August 2009
Fees: IEEE members registration fees are at the IET member-rates
Website: www.icdp-conf.org
7th IEEE International Conference on Computational Cybernetics
Date: 26-29 November 2009Location: Hotel Tryp Bellver, Palma de Mallorca Website: www.bmf.hu/conferences/iccc2009
Electronics and its Impact on Energy and the Environment
Date: 12 November 2009 Time: 16:00 Location: BT Laboratories, Adastral ParkSpeaker: Nihal Sinnadurai, Fellow IEEE, Fellow Institute of Physics, PhD, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer
Electronics technologies and devices are on track to be the solution to many of our current and future environmental and energy related needs. Getting the balance right between energy sourcing and consumption, and doing it now, will enable mankind to continue to be the adventurous spirit that has made us explorers and innovators without boundaries.
The History of Transporter Bridges [IET Event]
Date: 30 October 2009 Time: Optional Lunch at 12:00 and Lecture at 14:00 Location: The IET, Savoy Place, London, WC2R 2BLThe Newport Transporter Bridge is a crossing of the River Usk in Newport, Wales. It is a Grade I listed structure. Designed by French engineer Ferdinand Arnodin, it was built in 1906 and opened by Godfrey Charles Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar on 12 September 1906. The span is an example of the very rare transporter bridge concept, of which only eight exist worldwide.
As a form of 'aerial ferry' these bridges fulfilled a particular transport need at the turn of the last Century from about 1890 to 1920 and were almost exclusively powered by electricity. Our speaker was personally responsible for the £3.5m restoration of the Newport Bridge and has visited several of the others around the world.
Speaker: Barry Mawson is a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers and a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Most of his career has been on the design, construction and management of bridges. Although retired, he still acts as a consultant and is attached to Cardiff University, where he is involved in the teaching of design and undertaking research. He currently edits the Bridge Engineering part of the ICE proceedings.
Registration: Registration is essential as places are limited. Please register with Mike Ward indicating your wish to attend the lunch and / or the lecture and quoting reference code UKRI.
Tel: +44 (0) 208 508 7116
Email: m.r.ward@btinternet.com
Cost: The lecture is free, and there is a charge of £13.50 for the optional lunch beforehand.
IEEE 125 Anniversary London Event
Date: 6th October 2009Location: Royal Institution of Great Britain, London W1S 4BS
IEEE is 125 years old this year (2009) and will be holding celebration events in several locations around the world. Munich and London have been chosen for IEEE Region 8. The London event will be held at the Royal Institution of Great Britain where Faraday did his famous experiments.
See http://www.ieee.org.uk/ieee125.html
W-Tech 2009
Date: Wednesday 24th June 2009Location: IET, Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL
BCS and WomenInTechnology are bringing women, whatever stage of their career, those looking to get their career back on track, and employers together for the premier networking event of 2009.
Meet with some of the smartest IT professionals, the biggest recruiters in IT, attend career development workshops, revamp and submit your cv, prepare yourself for that next interview or promotion.
The event is a rare recruitment and networking event that will attract many top companies, and give the opportunity to hear from high profile women in the industry already succeeding and achieving.
Full details are on the W-Tech website.
Location Privacy: Where You Are is Who You Are
Date: Thursday 18th June 2009Location: University of Westmisnter, 115 New Cavendish Street London W1W 6UW
Time and Place: 13:00-14:00; Small Lecture Theater
Speaker: A/Prof Andrew Dempster from the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Technology that reports a person's position is becoming ubiquitous. As is often the case, ethical concerns about impacts and legal remedies to those problems lag significantly behind the introduction of technology. What is location privacy and what are the threats to it? What does the company that automatically collects your road toll do with that information, which identifies where you were and when? Is that information used for secondary purposes? Does Google have the worst privacy-invading reputation of any company? These and other location privacy issues will be discussed in this lecture by A/Prof Andrew Dempster from the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
This lecture is organised by the IEEE UKRI CAS and I&M Chapters.
About the speaker:
Andrew Dempster is Director of Research in the School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems at the University of New South Wales. He has a BE and MEngSc from UNSW and a PhD from University of Cambridge. He was system engineer and project manager for the first GPS receiver developed in Australia in the late 80s and has been involved in satellite navigation ever since. His current research interests are in satellite navigation receiver design and signal processing, and new location technologies.
2009 GNSS Receiver Design and Signal Processing Workshop
Date: Tuesday 16th June 2009Location: University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish Street London W1W 6UW
Time and Place: Starting at 9:00am; Room: C2.15
This event is organised by the IEEE UKRI CAS and I&M Chapters, and hosted by the Applied DSP and VLSI Research Group (ADVRG).
This all day FREE workshop is open to all IEEE members and non-members that want to particiopate.
It should be noted that attendance at this event is strictly by registration, and places to attend the event are limited and will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.
To secure a place on this workshop please email: ademcoskun@engineer.com by 14:00hrs Monday 15th June 2009, providing the following information:
Name, Affiliation, Email and IEEE/RIN Membership.
Upon which we shall email you to confirm your place.
In this one-day workshop, A/Prof Andrew Dempster from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, and Visiting Research Fellow at the ADVRG, will present his group's recent research progress in satellite navigation receiver design.
Topics include:
1. Architectures (software radio: quadrature bandpass, sampling, sampling jitter, Comb filters, System of Systems)
2. Receiver design (search engines, acquisition and tracking of L2C/ E1/ E5, L5)
3. Signal Processing (interference: GPS effects, geolocation, beamforming, cellular network effects, multipath, cross-correlation: L1, L2C)
4. Positioning with fewer than 4 satellites
The workshop will start at 9:00am continuing through to 12:30, with a simple sandwich lunch provided from 12:30 - 13:30, and the workshop continuing from 13:30 - 17:00
About the speaker:
Andrew Dempster is Director of Research in the School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems at the University of New South Wales. He has a BE and MEngSc from UNSW and a PhD from University of Cambridge. He was system engineer and project manager for the first GPS receiver developed in Australia in the late 80s and has been involved in satellite navigation ever since. His current research interests are in satellite navigation receiver design and signal processing, and new location technologies.
British Army Battlefield Radios of the 1940s
Date: Friday 29th May 2009Location: IET, Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL
Illustrated talk by Prof. Anthony Davies, Emeritus Professor, King’s College London and Visiting Professor, Kingston University.
The needs of World War Two provided an exceptional stimulus for major and rapid innovations in electronics and radio technology and this was reflected in the designs of battlefield radios for the British Army. The talk will be a mainly-non-technical description of the wireless communications facilities provided for the battlefield environment, primarily by showing extensive photographs of actual equipment.
See http://www.theiet.org/local/uk/london/armyradio.cfm
AGM & Lecture: Why Renewables?
Date: Wednesday 11th March 2009AGM: 5:45pm
Lecture: 6:30pm
Location: University of Westminster
Address: Cavendish Building, 115 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6UW
Room: Large Lecture Theatre, second floor
Lecturer: Dr Donald Swift-Hook, Secretary of the World Renewable Energy Network
Broadcast: live webcast.
The AGM is open to all IEE members.
This will be followed by the lecture at 6:30pm which is open to both members and non-members.
Abstract
In spite of the fact that there is no overall shortage of energy resources globally, almost all countries are currently pursuing renewable energy technologies. Their rate of growth is escalating rapidly, doubling every 2 or 3 years. This is because they offer security of supply with price stability to countries traditionally reliant on external sources of oil and coal, as well as being low carbon emission technologies that can grow virtually without limit. They can also have low transmission and generation costs.
Today’s dramatic progress will be reviewed, especially in wind power, solar power, marine, and biomass technologies.
Lecturer
DONALD SWIFT-HOOK spent the first part of his career in industrial research, first with GEC, and then with the Electricity Supply Industry before it was privatised, when he became a private consultant. He started research in renewables 35 years ago. He was a Visiting Professor at King’s College London for 20 years, and has held many positions on the Councils and Committees of the IEE (now IET), the Energy Institute and the Institute of Physics. He is a Chartered Engineer, EurIng, Chartered Scientist, Physicist and Mathematician, and a Member of the Institute of Directors.
While he was Chairman of the British Wind Energy Association he started the European Wind Energy Association, and currently helps to organise the World Energy Congress.
The lecture will be available to view as a live webcast.
Conference Co-sponsorship
For further information on co-sponsored conferences, please see the Conferences page, or contact Dr. Marwan Al-Akaidi - e-mail:
Past Events
See the Documents page for presentations from past Section events, minutes from general meetings, and other important public documents.
